Word: statement
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Hereafter no change of electives will be allowed after Nov. 1 - or after March 1, if the course begins at the middle of the year - except by leave of a committee of the faculty to whom application must be made in writing, with a full statement of the reasons for the proposed change...
...descriptive statement of the courses in Mathematics is in preparation, and will be ready for distribution about commencement...
...Study in Catullus," by Mr. H. G. Bruce, is probably, from an artistic point of view, the best piece of student literary work which has been published at Harvard for years. While there is evident a tendency to pedantic allusion and a fondness for a Macaulay-like form of statement, the work on the whole is firm and eminently scholarly. There is a sound, timely editorial upon special work in advanced courses in history, political economy, and natural history...
...many complaints are made about unfair and over-severe examination papers, that it is a pleasure to note the excellence of the paper given yesterday in German 3. It has been said that only the easy paper is "good" in the eyes of college students. Such a statement is absolutely false. College men will always give a fair paper all due praise, even though it be hard. The paper given yesterday by Mr. Wheeler was not easy; it was hard. But it was so arranged that every man who took the examination was able to show, not the poorest...
...Cook is said to have made the following statement in relation to the eight: 'This year's crew is the weakest I have ever seen in college so far as strength is concerned. It is under the average weight. Nevertheless, the men are rowing in much better form than last year's crew, and are the most faithful set of men in training I have ever handled. Harvard has a great advantage over us in her professional coach, her strong, trusting support and the experience she gets from the practice pulls with professional crews. We shall try to make...